When Animals Attack - Threadwar 3x3: Humans Strike Back

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:08 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/17/42 – COMPRESSED AND ABRIDGED
Once again, I’m leaving out (most of) the boring bits. Here’s the summary - the sieges of Singapore, Soerabaja and Manila enter another day... sub actions continue, and Field Marshall Solli opens his attack on Honan. The Chinese advance on Nanchang continues with no detectable countermoves by the Animals.
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Admiral Speedy is pleased with his S-boats in general, I think:
Sub attack at 38,60
Japanese Ships – 240 miles E of Tarakan
AK Nasusan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sanko Maru
MSW Wa 19
Allied Ships
SS S-39 – fired 4 torps
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Admiral Speedy is probably even more pleased with a fleet boat having a torpedo work!! Both this and the prior attack may have come from the same convoy east of Tarakan.
Sub attack at 37,60
Japanese Ships – 180 miles E of Tarakan
AK Nagisan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
MSW Wa 19
Allied Ships
SS Shark – fired 4 torps
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The First Squadron AVG tries to crash the party of the air attacks on Honan... although they are unopposed, they never get in any licks although the AA does (thanks, Nik!)
Day Air attack on Honan , at 49,31 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Port Arthur
Ki-21-II Sally x 41 – 6th Heavy Sentai, 7th Heavy Sentai, 58th Heavy Sentai
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
41 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 9000 feet
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Some big air attacks hit Soerabaja - here’s one:
Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Balikpapan
A6M2 Zero x 3 – F1/3rd Daitai
G3M Nell x 16 – G1/Kisarazu Daitai
G4M1 Betty x 5 – G1/Kanoya Daitai
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged
F.K.51: 1 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
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Here’s another:
Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Kendari
G3M Nell x 41 – G1/1st Daitai, G2/Kisarazu Daitai
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F.K.51: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 25
Aircraft Attacking:
40 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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The opening shots of the Honan attack... this is worrisome as it seems Field Marshall Mike has put the bulk of his free units into this thrust, and they outnumber the defenders. However, Honan has 5 forts (almost 6) and several of the defenders are 100% prepped, and an intact supply line. In addition, the main Chinese HQ is 100% prepped for Honan and within command range, and there is limited air support available (soon to be more). The forces that took Ichang a couple of days ago are resupplying and will move down the road, threatening the supply line to Solli’s troops, and a major offensive will hit Nanchang in a few days (I hope) which should give the Animals pause as there appear to be relatively few units defending the coastal cities should Nanchang fall.
Ground combat at Honan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 144264 troops, 723 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3314 – 3rd Division, 40th Division, 6th Division, 13th Tank Regiment, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Mortar Battalion, Hankow SNLF, 3rd Construction Battalion, 110th Division, 36th Division, 41st Division, 26th Division
Defending force 76251 troops, 363 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 2140
Allied ground losses:
594 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
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Ground combat in the city of Manila drags on... I am hoping this will go the historical distance, but that is at least another 2 months.
Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 7872 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1438 – 4th Division, 25th Engineer Regiment, Sasebo 1st SNLF, 21st Division, 1ST Heavy Brigade, 16th Division, 48th Division, 65th Brigade, 4th Tank Regiment, 7th Tank Regiment, 15th Mortar Battalion, 3rd Engineer Regiment, 21st Engineer Regiment, 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 8th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Division, 56th Brigade, 8th Tank Regiment, 1st Engineering Regiment, 17th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
Defending force 46045 troops, 95 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 1014
Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported
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This siege has already beat the historical limit... I am trying a new tactic of trying to fly in supplies with B-17s and LB-30s which should fare better than transports when intercepted (the LB-30s were intercepted this turn - I don’t know if any damage was done to them or not:)
Ground combat at Singapore
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 40153 troops, 192 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1678 – Ikaiei SNLF, Kainan Guard SNLF, 21st Mixed Brigade, 10th Mountain Gun Regiment, 33rd Division, 31st Division, 18th Division, Guards (2nd) Division, 1st Tank Regiment, 2nd Tank Regiment, 6th Tank Regiment, 14th Tank Regiment, 4th Engineer Regiment, 15th Engineer Regiment, 23rd Engineer Regiment, 3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Mountain Gun Regiment, 18th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 9th NLF, 11th NLF
Defending force 79725 troops, 473 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1104
Allied ground losses:
174 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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The Animals take a breather... but another SNLF LCU and two mortar battalions join the bombardment:
Ground combat at Soerabaja
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2236 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1342 – 6th Reserve Tank Regiment, 35th Brigade, Sasebo 8th SNLF, 38th Division, 28th Engineer Regiment, 5th Division, 56th Division, 5th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Mortar Battalion, 5th Mortar Battalion, 14th Mortar Battalion
Defending force 38521 troops, 209 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 426
Allied ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
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Continuing to strengthen their stanglehold on New Guinea:
Ground combat at Milne Bay
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1495 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 – Kure 5th SNLF
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 36 - adjusted assault: 36
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 36 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Milne Bay base !!!

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:43 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/18/42 – COMPRESSED AND ABRIDGED
Generalismo Bruce tried a knockout blow at Singapore with about every bomber in range, but it appears more than half of his bombers were shot up (or shot down!) I expect the toll to climb when more details become available.

Meanwhile, the sieges at Singapore, Manila and Soerabaja continues, and a landing took place at Bankha in Sumatra. Admiral Speedy’s subs are picking up the pace again, and Truant torpedoes two ships, sinking one outright.

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ASW attack at 20,59 – this attack seems to have riled up the Truant...
Japanese Ships
MSW Ranzan Maru
Allied Ships
SS Truant
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Sub attack at 20,59 – Truant’s first victim of the day:
Japanese Ships
AK Shinzui Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
SS Truant
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Sub attack at 20,59 – and then her second victim:
Japanese Ships
AP Nojima Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage – SINKS!!!
Allied Ships
SS Truant
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Day Air attack on Tavoy , at 28,37 – resource bombing finally hits something.
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 5
LB-30 Liberator x 3
No Allied losses
Resources hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 11000 feet
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– The first big attack on Singapore with 105 bombers!! I was expecting Bruce would do something like this soon... and I wasn’t disappointed. The AA gunners had a field day - out of the 105 bombers, preliminary reports show 5 shot down, and an additional 54 damaged:
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kuantan
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
Ki-21-II Sally x 26 – 62nd Heavy Sentai
Ki-48-I Lily x 53 – 31st Light Sentai, 90th Light Sentai
Ki-49 Helen x 26 – 61st Heavy Sentai
Ki-15 Babs x 4 – R2/50th Rec Chutai
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 2 destroyed, 23 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 19 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 38
Aircraft Attacking:
51 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 11000 feet
25 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 11000 feet
24 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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The second big attack, this time with 63 bombers with 2 shot down and 37 damaged:
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Palembang
A6M2 Zero x 25
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 16
Ki-21-II Sally x 63 – 12th Heavy Sentai, 60th Heavy Sentai
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 37 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 37
Aircraft Attacking:
61 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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The third big attack - this time 27 bombers lose 2 shot down and 23 damaged!
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 27 – 98th Heavy Sentai
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 – R1/81st Rec Chutai
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 23 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 10
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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As expected the 55th Division is coming to visit Moulmein, but we hope to shake it up a bit before it arrives:
Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 29,35 – cloudy
Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 2
Blenheim I x 10
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Blenheim I bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 38th Chinese Corps, at 47,38 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Nanchang
Ki-27 Nate x 3
Ki-30 Ann x 24 – 7th Light Sentai
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 48,39 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Nanchang
Ki-51 Sonia x 10 – 8th Light Chutai
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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At Nanchang, some of the 1st Squadron AVG shows up to try to crimp the bombing there... it works marginally
Day Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 49,31 – cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kafieng
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 9 – 71st Light Chutai
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 91st Reserve Division, at 43,52 – clear
Japanese aircraft – from Clark Field
C5M Babs x 1 – R4/Tainan Chutai
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 8
Ki-32 Mary x 3 – 74th Rec Chutai, 45th Light Sentai
Ki-48-I Lily x 14 – 8th Light Sentai, 16th Light Sentai
Ki-49 Helen x 9 – 14th Heavy Sentai
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 7000 feet
14 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 7000 feet
3 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Corregidor M Fortress, at 43,52 – clear
Japanese aircraft – from Clark Field
C5M Babs x 1 – R4/Tainan Chutai
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29
Ki-32 Mary x 32 – 74th Rec Chutai, 45th Light Sentai
Ki-48-I Lily x 53 – 8th Light Sentai, 16th Light Sentai
Ki-49 Helen x 11 – 14th Heavy Sentai
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
53 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 7000 feet
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 7000 feet
32 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet
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I’ve kinda gotten to like this (almost) daily recon flight - it is almost always damaged or shot down...
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kuantan
Ki-15 Babs x 1 – R2/50th Rec Chutai
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged
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The grip on the Sumatra continues to tighten:
TF 45 troops unloading over beach at Bankha, 20,47
Japanese ground losses:
395 casualties reported
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Uh oh - the odds on the attack in Manila have grown to 1 to 1. They hadn’t been this bad for while... however, the Animals lost almost 5 to 1, so hopefully it will take a while before any more attacks develop...
Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 125807 troops, 539 guns, 139 vehicles, Assault Value = 1508 – 4th Division, 25th Engineer Regiment, Sasebo 1st SNLF, 21st Division, 1ST Heavy Brigade, 16th Division, 48th Division, 65th Brigade, 4th Tank Regiment, 7th Tank Regiment, 15th Mortar Battalion, 3rd Engineer Regiment, 21st Engineer Regiment, 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 8th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Division, 56th Brigade, 8th Tank Regiment, 1st Engineering Regiment, 17th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
Defending force 45930 troops, 94 guns, 156 vehicles, Assault Value = 1014
Japanese max assault: 1448 - adjusted assault: 536
Allied max defense: 805 - adjusted defense: 337
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Japanese ground losses:
3665 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 6
Allied ground losses:
758 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 3
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An unpleasant surprise: while reviewing the dispositions of the Chinese, I discovered that China Command only has a range of 5 and thus despite that it is 100% prepped, it does no good. The mystery is: why was it being prepped for Honan at the beginning of the game if it can’t do any good? Unfortunately, China Command is a static unit and it can not move. This makes defense of the city much more problematic.
Ground combat at Honan
Japanese Bombardment attack – 3rd Division, 40th Division, 6th Division, 13th Tank Regiment, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Mortar Battalion, Hankow SNLF, 3rd Construction Battalion, 110th Division, 36th Division, 41st Division, 26th Division
Attacking force 144648 troops, 722 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3328
Defending force 75483 troops, 349 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 2141
Allied ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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The siege grinds on... will Bruce continue to try heavy bombing of Singapore? It would be extremely costly and would probably cripple his air forces for some time, so I doubt he will continue it much longer.
Ground combat at Singapore
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 40329 troops, 195 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1707 – Ikaiei SNLF, Kainan Guard SNLF, 21st Mixed Brigade, 10th Mountain Gun Regiment, 33rd Division, 31st Division, 18th Division, Guards (2nd) Division, 1st Tank Regiment, 2nd Tank Regiment, 6th Tank Regiment, 14th Tank Regiment, 4th Engineer Regiment, 15th Engineer Regiment, 23rd Engineer Regiment, 3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Mountain Gun Regiment, 18th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 9th NLF, 11th NLF
Defending force 79325 troops, 467 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1100
Allied ground losses:
317 casualties reported
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The Animals continue to scarf up the Philippine archipelego:
Ground combat at Puerto Princesa
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 2276 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 65 – Shuzan Naval Guard
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 62 - adjusted assault: 31
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 31 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Puerto Princesa base !!!
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More bombarment at Soerabaja:
Ground combat at Soerabaja
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2248 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1363 – 6th Reserve Tank Regiment, 35th Brigade, Sasebo 8th SNLF, 38th Division, 28th Engineer Regiment, 5th Division, 56th Division, 5th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Mortar Battalion, 5th Mortar Battalion, 14th Mortar Battalion
Defending force 39115 troops, 212 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 435
Allied ground losses:
261 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:33 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/19/42 - COMPRESSED AND ABRIDGED
Once more into the breach! The Animals are making a concerted attempt to take Honan, Singapore and Soerabaja - but only bombarding Manila this turn.

The AK Nasusan Maru, damaged by the S-39 on the 17th sinks.

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These Liberators are doing a good job in smacking Tavoy’s resources...
Day Air attack on Tavoy , at 28,37
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 8
LB-30 Liberator x 3
No Allied losses
Resources hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 11000 feet
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I’m a bit surprised that Bruce has kept up the air attack - last turn the final toll was 12 two-engined aircraft lost to flak, and dozens and dozens more damaged. He’s coming back for another round, but the punch is weakened quite bit, and most of his bombers are damaged or shot down. The first round (preliminary results) shoots down 3 and damages 44 of the remaining 51 bombers:
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kuantan
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 30
Ki-21-II Sally x 16 – 62nd Heavy Sentai
Ki-48-I Lily x 43 – 90th Light Sentai, 31st Light Sentai
Ki-49 Helen x 6 – 61st Heavy Sentai
Ki-15 Babs x 5 – R2/50th Rec Chutai
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 14 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 3 destroyed, 26 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24
Aircraft Attacking:
40 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 11000 feet
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
16 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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The next attack loses 2 bombers and 27 of the 30 remaining planes are damaged.
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Palembang
A6M2 Zero x 25
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29
Ki-21-II Sally x 32 – 60th Heavy Sentai, 12th Heavy Sentai
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 27 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Soerabaja is next with a sweep of Zeros
Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Balikpapan
A6M2 Zero x 21 – F1/3rd Daitai
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
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The 55th Division marches into attack position at Tavoy, and our bombers continue to hit at it:
Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 30,34
Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 1
CW-22 Falcon x 2
Blenheim I x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim I bombing at 11000 feet
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Our daily recon flight returns again. Sadly, the one that was damaged yesterday did not make it back to her base.
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51
Japanese aircraft – from Kuantan
Ki-15 Babs x 1 – R2/50th Rec Chutai
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged
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Sub attack at 21,47 – torps run deep
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 18
PC Ch 8
PG Tatsumiya Maru
Allied Ships
SS Porpoise, hits 3
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A peculiar pattern of combat has developed in Soerabaja - the Dutch either lose a lot of troops, or if they don’t, they lose a fort. This time they lose the troops:
Ground combat at Soerabaja
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 70599 troops, 320 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 1381 – 6th Reserve Tank Regiment, 35th Brigade, Sasebo 8th SNLF, 38th Division, 28th Engineer Regiment, 5th Division, 56th Division, 5th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Mortar Battalion, 5th Mortar Battalion, 14th Mortar Battalion
Defending force 39951 troops, 225 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 438
Japanese max assault: 1151 - adjusted assault: 512
Allied max defense: 414 - adjusted defense: 615
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5)
Japanese ground losses:
922 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 1
Allied ground losses:
2554 casualties reported
Guns lost 59
Vehicles lost 2
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Field Marshal Solli makes his first assault. For reasons not immediately apparent, the AV of my troops is adjusted radically downwards. Part of this is due to supply, but that might account for a modest reduction, not 75% . Perhaps just due to a bad roll. The Animals still take 2 to 1 casualties, but since they outnumber our troops 2 to 1, that isn’t going to slow them up:
Ground combat at Honan
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 151699 troops, 726 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 3338 – 3rd Division, 40th Division, 6th Division, 13th Tank Regiment, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Mortar Battalion, Hankow SNLF, 3rd Construction Battalion, 110th Division, 36th Division, 41st Division, 26th Division
Defending force 75395 troops, 346 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 2144
Japanese max assault: 3099 - adjusted assault: 2341
Allied max defense: 2171 - adjusted defense: 636
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 5)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4
Japanese ground losses:
4474 casualties reported
Guns lost 71
Vehicles lost 4
Allied ground losses:
2313 casualties reported
Guns lost 63
Vehicles lost 1
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The next attack comes at Singapore... Bruce’s troops still fail to get 1 to 1 odds, but all those engineers finally did their jobs:
Ground combat at Singapore
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 96693 troops, 302 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 1736 – Ikaiei SNLF, Kainan Guard SNLF, 21st Mixed Brigade, 10th Mountain Gun Regiment, 33rd Division, 31st Division, 18th Division, Guards (2nd) Division, 1st Tank Regiment, 2nd Tank Regiment, 6th Tank Regiment, 14th Tank Regiment, 4th Engineer Regiment, 15th Engineer Regiment, 23rd Engineer Regiment, 3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Mountain Gun Regiment, 18th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 9th NLF, 11th NLF
Defending force 78909 troops, 465 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1094
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5
Japanese max assault: 1737 - adjusted assault: 1716
Allied max defense: 1082 - adjusted defense: 2505
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5)
Japanese ground losses:
3176 casualties reported
Guns lost 33
Vehicles lost 12
Allied ground losses:
3307 casualties reported
Guns lost 57
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Resting after the assault of last turn, the Animals return to bombarding Manila:
Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 7872 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1260 – 4th Division, 25th Engineer Regiment, Sasebo 1st SNLF, 21st Division, 1ST Heavy Brigade, 16th Division, 48th Division, 65th Brigade, 4th Tank Regiment, 7th Tank Regiment, 15th Mortar Battalion, 3rd Engineer Regiment, 21st Engineer Regiment, 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 8th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Division, 56th Brigade, 8th Tank Regiment, 1st Engineering Regiment, 17th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
Defending force 44927 troops, 79 guns, 151 vehicles, Assault Value = 996
Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported

Edit: Just got back the turn, and it turns out the Animals lost 8 planes to flak (7 bombers and 1 Alf)...and it turns out 1 Zero was shot down in air-to-air, vs. 2 Brewsters.

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:46 pm

Intel Update - 20 February 1942

Now is the winter of our discontent - and the Animals are doing their best to keep it that way...

i hadn't done an update for intel for a while now, so here is one from 20 February comparing it to the previous intel screen i had captured on 12 Jan 1942... i don't recall offhand if i posted that one or not, but anyway here is the data.

The Animals have boosted their score by over 2000 points in about 1.25 months, more than half of this due to destruction of cut off Allied units... this trend should continue until Soerabaja, Manila and Singapore fall (assuming that they do fall - although i am NOT sanguine about the long term Allied prospects for them holding out.)

However, there ARE some bright spots - the Allies are destroying more Animal aircraft than they are destroying Allied ones, and while we are sinking approximately the same number of ships, the ones the Animals are losing are more valuable. In a war of attrition favoring the Allies - this is good for us, and bad for them, especially this early in the war.

Also, it seems that Animal troop losses are running pretty high as well - i don't have a LOT of PBEM experience, but it seems to me 300+ Army losses is pretty high for Feb 1942. i hope we will be inflicting many more Army casualties on the Animals in the near future.

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:40 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/20/42 - Abridged and Compressed
The Animals take a breather on Java, Singapore and Manila but try to keep up the pressure elsewhere and they take Bankha and fall short at Honan and Moulmein...
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The AP Kogi Maru looks to be in serious trouble - there was a “Listing - Counterflooding” message which usually (almost invariably) means the ship is sinking...
Sub attack near Johore Bahru at 22,50
Japanese Ships
AP Kogi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Yoshino Maru
MSW Toshi Maru #8
MSW Tamozono Maru #2
Allied Ships
SS Narwhal – two torpedoes were fired.
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TF 169 troops unloading over beach at Zamboanga x 2, 40,59
Japanese ground losses:
183 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kuantan
Ki-15 Babs x 1 – R2/50th Rec Chutai
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Palembang
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 22
Ki-21-II Sally x 18 – 12th Heavy Sentai, 60th Heavy Sentai
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Batavia
A6M2 Zero x 44 – F1/Yamada Daitai, EIII-1 Daitai, CII-1 Daitai
G3M Nell x 41 – G1/Genzan Daitai, G2/Kanoya Daitai
Ki-15 Babs x 3 – R2/81st Rec Chutai
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 7 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
41 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kendari
A6M2 Zero x 46
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kendari
G3M Nell x 39 – G1/1st Daitai
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed
F.K.51: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 27
Aircraft Attacking:
38 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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RATS! An ASW TF looking for this sub is bushwacked and we lose a DD!!
Sub attack at 120,68
Japanese Ships
SS I-19
Allied Ships
DD Chew, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage – SINKS!!
DD Talbot
DD Waters
DD Ward
DD Schley
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As I thought - Field Marshall Solli keeps up the pressure, but his AV has dropped by over half, while the Good Guys(tm) defending Honan had their adjusted AV increase a bit:
Ground combat at Honan
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 144090 troops, 630 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 2977 – 3rd Division, 40th Division, 6th Division, 13th Tank Regiment, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Mortar Battalion, Hankow SNLF, 3rd Construction Battalion, 110th Division, 36th Division, 41st Division, 26th Division
Defending force 72285 troops, 273 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2047
Japanese max assault: 1759 - adjusted assault: 985 – dropped by over 1350
Allied max defense: 1939 - adjusted defense: 870 – increased by about 140
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Japanese ground losses:
3867 casualties reported
Guns lost 25
Vehicles lost 7
Allied ground losses:
3189 casualties reported
Guns lost 58
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The Animals grip on Sumatra tightens as almost 10000 troops defeat an understrength Dutch engineer unit:
Ground combat at Bankha
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 9826 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 145 – 4th Mixed Regiment
Defending force 1042 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese max assault: 134 - adjusted assault: 123
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 3
Japanese assault odds: 41 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Bankha base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Back to the usual bombardment:
Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 7872 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1326 – 4th Division, 25th Engineer Regiment, Sasebo 1st SNLF, 21st Division, 1ST Heavy Brigade, 16th Division, 48th Division, 65th Brigade, 4th Tank Regiment, 7th Tank Regiment, 15th Mortar Battalion, 3rd Engineer Regiment, 21st Engineer Regiment, 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 8th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Division, 56th Brigade, 8th Tank Regiment, 1st Engineering Regiment, 17th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
Defending force 44768 troops, 77 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 995
Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported
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Looking at the numbers during the replay, that last attack seems to have hurt the Animals quite a bit... they will be resting for a bit:
Ground combat at Singapore
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4620 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1470 – Ikaiei SNLF, Kainan Guard SNLF, 21st Mixed Brigade, 10th Mountain Gun Regiment, 33rd Division, 31st Division, 18th Division, Guards (2nd) Division, 1st Tank Regiment, 2nd Tank Regiment, (6th Tank Regiment ??), 14th Tank Regiment, 4th Engineer Regiment, 15th Engineer Regiment, 23rd Engineer Regiment, 3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Mountain Gun Regiment, 18th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 9th NLF, 11th NLF
Defending force 73857 troops, 406 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 991
Allied ground losses:
270 casualties reported
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The Animals rest up after last turn’s attack:
Ground combat at Soerabaja
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2288 troops, 82 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1319 – 6th Reserve Tank Regiment, 35th Brigade, Sasebo 8th SNLF, 38th Division, 28th Engineer Regiment, 5th Division, 56th Division, 5th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Mortar Battalion, 5th Mortar Battalion, 14th Mortar Battalion
Defending force 36167 troops, 157 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 371
Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
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I’m not sure who is commanding these troops, but I think it is Bruce... his 55th Division has run into numerous Chinese troops and a couple of British brigades...
Ground combat at Moulmein
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27201 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 830
Defending force 10478 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 327 – 55th Division
Japanese ground losses:
174 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:30 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/21/42 - COMPRESSED AND ABRIDGED
The sieges of Singapore, Soerabaja, Honan and Manilla drag on - and now another one starts at Nanchang – by the Allies!

ASW attack at 105,39 180 miles South of Cold Bay, a prolonged depth charge attach damages a Japanese sub:
Japanese Ships
SS I-23, hits 2, on fire
Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
DD Brooks
DD Fox
DD Clark
DD Preston
DD Morris
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Hammering the airfield and resources at Tavoy continues...
Day Air attack on Tavoy , at 28,37 – overcast
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 5
Blenheim IF x 9
LB-30 Liberator x 6
No Allied losses
Resources hits 3
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
9 x Blenheim IF bombing at 2000 feet
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Admiral Bruce continues to hammer at Singapore with his airpower, but fewer and fewer bombers are able to fly, This time ALL the bombers are damaged and apparently one of thse crashed due to damage:
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Palembang
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20
Ki-21-II Sally x 6 – 60th Heavy Sentai
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 6 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 destroyed
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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This time the light bombers come over and they also take their lumps - three are shot down according to later intel reports:
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Kota Bharu
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-48-I Lily x 35 – 27th Light Sentai, 89th Light Chutai
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 25 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
34 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 11000 feet
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This time the Allies attack and tangle with some long range CAP:
Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 30,34 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Bangkok?
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5 – 77th Fighter Sentai
Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 1
Hurricane IIb x 10
CW-22 Falcon x 3
Blenheim I x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 damaged
Blenheim I: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Blenheim I bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Moulmein , at 30,34 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Bangkok
Ki-15 Babs x 1 – R2/76thRec Chutai
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51
Japanese aircraft – from Batavia
Ki-15 Babs x 1 – R2/50th Rec Chutai
No Japanese losses
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Admiral Speedy’s sub claim another victim:
Sub attack near Lunga at 67,101
Japanese Ships
AP Kiyoshima Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Shintohoku Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-44 – fired 4 x Mk 10 torpedoes
Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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A second attack on the I-23 further damages her:
ASW attack at 105,39 – 180 miles south of Cold Bay
Japanese Ships
SS I-23, hits 2, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
DD Brooks
DD Fox
DD Preston
DD Morris
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Admiral Penguinmoto attacks again at Manila - if this keeps up (and I expect it will) the defenders will EVENTUALLY be worn down:
Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 124014 troops, 541 guns, 137 vehicles, Assault Value = 1393 – 4th Division, 25th Engineer Regiment, Sasebo 1st SNLF, 21st Division, 1ST Heavy Brigade, 16th Division, 48th Division, 65th Brigade, 4th Tank Regiment, 7th Tank Regiment, 15th Mortar Battalion, 3rd Engineer Regiment, 21st Engineer Regiment, 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 8th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Division, 56th Brigade, 8th Tank Regiment, 1st Engineering Regiment, 17th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
Defending force 45299 troops, 82 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 1006
Japanese max assault: 1282 - adjusted assault: 592
Allied max defense: 798 - adjusted defense: 313
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Japanese ground losses:
2649 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 4
Allied ground losses:
1057 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 4
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The Chinese march into Nanchang and Field Marshall Solli immediately orders a bombardment attack:
Ground combat at Nanchang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 38674 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 987 – 34th Division, 14th Independent Brigade, 11th Independent Brigade, 4th Mortar Battalion, 17th Aviation Regiment, 116th IJA Base Force
Defending force 155416 troops, 888 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4084
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
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The siege of Honan continues with another bombardment attack:
Ground combat at Honan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1724 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2765 -- 3rd Division, 40th Division, 6th Division, 13th Tank Regiment, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Mortar Battalion, Hankow SNLF, 3rd Construction Battalion, 110th Division, 36th Division, 41st Division, 26th Division
Defending force 68155 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1922
Allied ground losses:
199 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
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The siege of Singopore drags on which is fine by me... it is keeping the equivalent of about 6 divisions diverted...
Ground combat at Singapore
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4656 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1518 – Ikaiei SNLF, Kainan Guard SNLF, 21st Mixed Brigade, 10th Mountain Gun Regiment, 33rd Division, 31st Division, 18th Division, Guards (2nd) Division, 1st Tank Regiment, 2nd Tank Regiment, 6th Tank Regiment, 14th Tank Regiment, 4th Engineer Regiment, 15th Engineer Regiment, 23rd Engineer Regiment, 3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Mountain Gun Regiment, 18th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 9th NLF, 11th NLF
Defending force 73872 troops, 411 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 989
Allied ground losses:
255 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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The siege of Soeraaja continues:
Ground combat at Soerabaja
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2304 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1397 – 6th Reserve Tank Regiment, 35th Brigade, Sasebo 3rd SNLF, Sasebo 8th SNLF, 38th Division, 28th Engineer Regiment, 5th Division, 56th Division, 3rd Mortar Battalion, 5th Mortar Battalion, 14th Mortar Battalion
Defending force 36665 troops, 168 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 377
Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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The next siege is at Nanchang - this time it is the Allies turn:
Ground combat at Nanchang
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 136776 troops, 888 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4084
Defending force 51769 troops, 194 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 987 – 34th Division, 14th Independent Brigade, 11th Independent Brigade, 4th Mortar Battalion, 17th Aviation Regiment, 116th IJA Base Force
Japanese ground losses:
406 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
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I ordered an attack thinking the troops would push back the single IJA division, but our AV was adjusted down sharply, probably due to limited supplies:
Ground combat at Moulmein
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 27119 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 828
Defending force 10226 troops, 59 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 317 – 55th Division
Allied max assault: 757 - adjusted assault: 645
Japanese max defense: 269 - adjusted defense: 431
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Allied ground losses:
503 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:28 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/22/42- ABRIDGED AND COMPRESSED
The sieges drag on - every day a victory against the Animals as it prevents something like 25 division equivalents (about 7 division equivalents in Manilla, 6 in Singapore, 4 in Soerabaja, and 8 divisions at Honan) from running wild in the Pacific and/or China. In addition, we are pinning down 1 division at Moulmein and 2 division equivalents in Honan... however, eventually the ones in the DEI, Singapore and Manilla are going to become free and horribly interesting things will start to happen...

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More attrition by Speedy’s subs - this time a large minelayer is hit 60 miles NW of Marcus:
Sub attack at 75,61
Japanese Ships
ML Tsugaru, Torpedo hits 1
Allied Ships
SS S-28
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Rare Mark 10 torpedo malfunction as 4 torps apparently run deep:
Sub attack near Lunga at 67,101
Japanese Ships
ML Ishizaki
ML Kyosai
Allied Ships
SS S-44
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These pilots are now decent (exp in the 60's), making them by far the best pilots in the Chinese Air Force:
Day Air attack on Nanchang , at 48,38
Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 7
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 23000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 23000 feet
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I’ve taken these Blenheims off night bombing as they seem to be incapable of hitting a target at night:
Day Air attack on Tavoy , at 28,37 – very cloudy
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 7
No Allied losses
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Blenheim IF bombing at 2000 feet
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The daily recon flight gets shot up again:
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – partly cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kuantan
Ki-15 Babs x 1 – R2/50th Rec Chutai
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged
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Bruce’s bombing punches on Singapore grow continually weaker - down to 6 Sallys now from several hundred two engine strikes/day at the beginning of the offensive... and ALL of the Sallys are damaged:
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – partly cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Palembang
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 19
Ki-21-II Sally x 6
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 6 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Batavia
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-15 Babs x 1 – R2/51st Rec Chutai
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 – cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Clark Field
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 30,34 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Bangkok?
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5 – 77th Fighter Sentai
Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 1
Buffalo I x 3
Hurricane IIb x 8
CW-22 Falcon x 2
Blenheim I x 9
LB-30 Liberator x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
9 x Blenheim I bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 23rd Chinese Corps, at 50,39 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Nanchang (?)
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 2
Ki-51 Sonia x 10 – 8th Light Chutai
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 62nd Chinese Corps, at 43,40 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Canton
Ki-30 Ann x 12 – 82nd Light Chutai
Ki-15 Babs x 1 – R2/44th Rec Chutai
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 39th Chinese Corps, at 47,34
Japanese aircraft – from Hankow
Ki-27 Nate x 19
Ki-36 Ida x 24 – 6th Rec Sentai
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-36 Ida bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 49,31 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Hankow
Ki-27 Nate x 3
Ki-30 Ann x 39 – 7th Light Sentai, 73rd Light Chutai
Ki-48-I Lily x 30 – 44th Light Sentai, 66th Light Chutai
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
39 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
30 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th KNIL Regiment, at 23,66 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Balikpapan
G3M Nell x 14
G4M1 Betty x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 6 damaged – G1/Kisarazu Daitai
G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged – G1/Kanoya Daitai
Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
14 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 91st Reserve Division, at 43,52 – cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Clark Field
C5M Babs x 2 – R4/Tainan Chutai
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 37
Ki-48-I Lily x 69 – 8th Light Sentai, 16th Light Sentai, 74th Rec Chutai
Ki-49 Helen x 27 – 14th Heavy Sentai
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 7000 feet
24 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 7000 feet
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 7000 feet
6 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 7000 feet
5 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 7000 feet
6 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 7000 feet
8 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on Moulmein , at 30,34 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Bangkok
Ki-15 Babs x 1 – R2/76th Rec Chutai
No Japanese losses
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Not content to have one recon flight shot up, Bruce sends a second:
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – partly cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kuantan
Ki-15 Babs x 1 – R2/50th Rec Chutai
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged
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Three hundred miles of so SE of Hong Kong, one of Speedy’s subs gets tagged by a Hunter-Killer group:
ASW attack at 41,46
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 12
PC Ch 5
PC Ch 4
APD Patrol Boat No. 1
Allied Ships
SS Swordfish, hits 1
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And at the same time, about 180 ESE of Kiska, a DD pounds another sub:
ASW attack at 91,38
Japanese Ships
DD Oyashio
Allied Ships
SS Grayling, hits 1
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Another Animal sub success vs. some ships fleeing the DEI:
Sub attack at 9,87
Japanese Ships
SS I-154
Allied Ships
AK Sigli, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Isabel
Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
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Bruce decides to tidy up Borneo:
TF 114 troops unloading over beach at Sampit, 26,62
Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
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Another assault at Soerabaja takes out a fort, AND a lot of Dutch troops this time:
Ground combat at Soerabaja
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 72636 troops, 331 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 1414 – 6th Reserve Tank Regiment, 35th Brigade, Sasebo 3rd SNLF, Sasebo 8th SNLF, 38th Division, 5th Engineer Battalion, 28th Engineer Regiment, 5th Division, 56th Division, 3rd Mortar Battalion, 5th Mortar Battalion, 14th Mortar Battalion
Defending force 37298 troops, 185 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 389
Japanese max assault: 1178 - adjusted assault: 574
Allied max defense: 399 - adjusted defense: 407
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4
Japanese ground losses:
667 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Vehicles lost 3
Allied ground losses:
2821 casualties reported
Guns lost 39
Vehicles lost 2
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The battling men of Manila hold out again using captured weapons and determination:
Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 120953 troops, 524 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 1232
Defending force 43318 troops, 72 guns, 146 vehicles, Assault Value = 945
Japanese max assault: 768 - adjusted assault: 376
Allied max defense: 731 - adjusted defense: 273
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Japanese ground losses:
1481 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 6
Allied ground losses:
1328 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
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At Nanchang, the shoe is on the other foot - an artillery barrage tries to weaken my forces, but I think it mainly just builds the experience of my troops. Apparently, he has moved his 17th Aviation Regiment out of harm’s way:
Ground combat at Nanchang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 38105 troops, 172 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 930 – 34th Division, 14th Independent Brigade, 11th Independent Brigade, 4th Mortar Battalion, 116th IJA Base Force
Defending force 155613 troops, 889 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4090
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
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Honan is a different story - I am desperately building up forts here:
Ground combat at Honan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1832 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2803 – 3rd Division, 40th Division, 6th Division, 13th Tank Regiment, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Mortar Battalion, Hankow SNLF, 3rd Construction Battalion, 110th Division, 36th Division, 41st Division, 26th Division
Defending force 68063 troops, 199 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1919
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
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Bruce tries to take out another fort level in Singapore - it doesn’t work, but it does inflict numerous casualties - on both sides:
Ground combat at Singapore
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 94185 troops, 280 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 1567 – Ikaiei SNLF, Kainan Guard SNLF, 21st Mixed Brigade, 10th Mountain Gun Regiment, 33rd Division, 31st Division, 18th Division, Guards (2nd) Division, 1st Tank Regiment, 2nd Tank Regiment, 6th Tank Regiment, 14th Tank Regiment, 4th Engineer Regiment, 15th Engineer Regiment, 23rd Engineer Regiment, 3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Mountain Gun Regiment, 18th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 9th NLF, 11th NLF
Defending force 73639 troops, 414 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 992
Japanese max assault: 1295 - adjusted assault: 970
Allied max defense: 987 - adjusted defense: 2251
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5)
Japanese ground losses:
1794 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 5
Allied ground losses:
2392 casualties reported
Guns lost 43
Vehicles lost 2
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My artillery assault is more effective than the Animal one:
Ground combat at Nanchang
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 136953 troops, 889 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4090
Defending force 45008 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 930 – 34th Division, 14th Independent Brigade, 11th Independent Brigade, 4th Mortar Battalion, 116th IJA Base Force
Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at Moulmein
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26342 troops, 163 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 775
Defending force 9875 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 301 – 55th Division
Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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That’s all for these boys:
Molukken Garrison Battalion Wiped Out at Boela by attrition!!!

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:55 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/23/42 - ABRIDGED AND COMPRESSED
Lots of sub actions today - but only one that resulted in any significant damage. Bruce resumes heavy air attacks, but sustains heavy losses to bombers and recon aircraft:
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The Dutch sub KX has two bouts with an ASW TF - round 1:
Sub attack at 21,47
Japanese Ships
APD Patrol Boat No. 31
PG Sozan Maru
PC Shumshu
Allied Ships
SS KX – fired two torps (which missed)
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Round Two:
Sub attack at 21,49
Japanese Ships
PG Sozan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Shumshu
APD Patrol Boat No. 31
Allied Ships
SS KX – fired two torps
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More target practice:
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – partly cloudy
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-15 Babs x 4 – R2/50th Rec Chutai
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged
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The heavy attacks renew on Singapore - but there are heavy losses for the attackers... overall, today the Animals lost NINE 2-engined aircraft to flak, and 4 more 2 engined aircraft to other causes, as well as 3 Zeros as operational losses:
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – partly cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Alor Star
Ki-21-II Sally x 24 – 98th Heavy Sentai
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 – R1/81st Rec Chutai
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 16 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 12
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Balikpapan
A6M2 Zero x 24
G3M Nell x 18 – G1/Kisarazu Daitai
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F.K.51: 1 destroyed
Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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I had ordered several squadrons of Hurris to do a sweep before the bombing... they must have thought I meant to sweep out their barracks, and they stayed home... the bombers and a few escorts ran into some LR CAP
Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 30,34 – overcast
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4 – 77th Fighter Sentai
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 4
CW-22 Falcon x 3
Blenheim I x 9
LB-30 Liberator x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Blenheim I bombing at 11000 feet
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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As mentioned, Bruce’s bombers decide to hit Singapore again in a major way - and they really take it on the chin from flak! In this attackl 8 of 9 bombers are damaged or shot down:
Day Air attack on 15th Indian Brigade, at 22,51 – partly cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kuantan
Ki-48-I Lily x 9 – 31st Light Chutai
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 11000 feet
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The next one takes down a bunch of Helens:
Day Air attack on 27th Brigade AIF , at 22,51 – partly cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kuantan
Ki-48-I Lily x 9 – 31st Light Sentai
Ki-49 Helen x 11 – 61st Heavy Sentai
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 11000 feet
8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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This attack also has several bombers damaged:
Day Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 22,51 – partly cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kuantan
Ki-48-I Lily x 23 – 90th Light Sentai
Ki-49 Helen x 12 – 61st Heavy Sentai
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 10 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 7 damaged
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 11000 feet
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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An attack on an AA unit in Soerabaja also has unfortunate consequences for the bombers:
Day Air attack on A-III-Ld AA Battalion, at 23,66 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Balikpapan
G4M1 Betty x 7 – G1//Kanoya Daitai
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
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Another recon flight ends up as target practice for the AA gunners, who are getting quite good at this:
Day Air attack on Medan , at 20,45 – cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from
A6M2 Zero x 23
C5M Babs x 1 – R3/Yamada Chutai
Japanese aircraft losses
C5M Babs: 1 destroyed
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Another big attack at Soerabaja:
Ground combat at Soerabaja
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 71326 troops, 317 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 1347 – 6th Reserve Tank Regiment, 35th Brigade, Sasebo 3rd SNLF, Sasebo 8th SNLF, 38th Division, 28th Engineer Regiment, 5th Division, 5th Engineer Battalion, 56th Division, 3rd Mortar Battalion, 5th Mortar Battalion, 14th Mortar Battalion
Defending force 33650 troops, 124 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 341
Japanese max assault: 1175 - adjusted assault: 886
Allied max defense: 305 - adjusted defense: 535
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Japanese ground losses:
1235 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 3
Allied ground losses:
1715 casualties reported
Guns lost 21
Vehicles lost 2
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There were some artillery duals in Singapore, Honan and Nanchang that accomplished little:
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Bruce cleans up Borneo some more:
Ground combat at Sampit
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 579 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 – 28th NLF
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 8 - adjusted assault: 10
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Sampit base !!!
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The first real attack in Nanchang knocks down a fort, and casualties are almost even:
Ground combat at Nanchang
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 136931 troops, 886 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4092
Defending force 44826 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 927 – 34th Division, 14th Independent Brigade, 11th Independent Brigade, 4th Mortar Battalion, 116th IJA Base Force
Allied max assault: 3746 - adjusted assault: 2919
Japanese max defense: 882 - adjusted defense: 1604
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Japanese ground losses:
1199 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
Allied ground losses:
1402 casualties reported
Guns lost 39
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USSAmerica · Post by **USSAmerica** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:21 pm

It seems like you guys should take Nanchang pretty quickly, unless Mike is able to rush in some reinforcements.
 
What's the plan for Nanchang, once you take it?  Are you just trying to draw off resources and reinforcements from Mike's march on Honan?
 
In case you can't tell, I'm fishing for CHS Chinese advice.  [:D]

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:57 pm

ORIGINAL: USS America

It seems like you guys should take Nanchang pretty quickly, unless Mike is able to rush in some reinforcements.

What's the plan for Nanchang, once you take it? Are you just trying to draw off resources and reinforcements from Mike's march on Honan?

In case you can't tell, I'm fishing for CHS Chinese advice. [:D]

i'm HOPING to take Nanchang soon - Mike IS rushing reinforcements it seems (keeping careful track of his movements)... What happens if/when Nanchang falls depends a bit on where his units retreat to... i am pretty sure they will retreat to the North, in which case i will sweep to the East and cut up his supply lines... i MIGHT go into Shanghai if things go well - i don't expect that i could ever take it, but if i can get in there in strength, it will be the devil for him to get me out (since it is urban) and it will stop all his supplies from resources there.

Otherwise, i might swing east then north and threaten Nanking and Anking.

USSAmerica · Post by **USSAmerica** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:07 pm

Bob, how well do you think your supplies will hold up in the region?  Do you think you can sustain operations on this scale for very long?

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:26 am

ORIGINAL: USS America

Bob, how well do you think your supplies will hold up in the region? Do you think you can sustain operations on this scale for very long?

So far, so good... the Burma road is still open and i've been flying in supplies as well. i've also made sure i haven't been building up my troops willy-nilly, but rather been building forts only (not airfields, ports). So, the supplies in this area are NOT overabundant, but i think they should suffice for now.

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:36 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/24/42 – ABRIDGED AND COMPRESSED
Not much besides the sieges dragging on.
Lots of sub action, but I’ve left off the ones that didn’t cause any damage...

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ASW attack at 22,52
Japanese Ships
PG Eiko Maru
PG Saga
DE Patrol Boat No. 46
APD Patrol Boat No. 38
Allied Ships
SS KXVI, hits 1
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The attacks on Singapore slacken up - only 5 Lilys attack, and all are damaged:
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Kota Bharu
Ki-48-I Lily x 5 – 27th Light Sentai
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 5 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 11000 feet
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Heavy air attacks on the rubble of Manila:
Day Air attack on 41st Reserve Division, at 43,52 – cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Clark Field
C5M Babs x 1 – R4/Tainan Chutai
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 31
Ki-48-I Lily x 29 – 8th Light Sentai, 74th Rec Chutai
Ki-49 Helen x 20 – 14th Heavy Sentai
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 7000 feet
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 7000 feet
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A rare successful attack by a US Fleet boat:
Sub attack at 64,56
Japanese Ships
AK Taiyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW Eguchi Maru
MSW Bisan Maru
DD Hatsukaze
Allied Ships
SS Tuna – 4 torpedoes fired, no counterattack
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Another attack on Soerabaja takes down another fort:
Ground combat at Soerabaja
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 69963 troops, 311 guns, 63 vehicles, Assault Value = 1273 – 6th Reserve Tank Regiment, 35th Brigade, Sasebo 3rd SNLF, Sasebo 8th SNLF, 38th Division, 28th Engineer Regiment, 5th Division, 56th Division, 5th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Mortar Battalion, 5th Mortar Battalion, 14th Mortar Battalion
Defending force 31208 troops, 103 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 323
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Japanese max assault: 1100 - adjusted assault: 692
Allied max defense: 290 - adjusted defense: 482
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Japanese ground losses:
960 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 2
Allied ground losses:
1223 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Vehicles lost 1
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A deliberate attack on Manila results in 2 to 1 casualties against the Japanese, but since the IJ forces outnumber the defenders 3 to 1, it is a net victory for them:
Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Deliberate attack – 4th Division, 25th Engineer Regiment, Sasebo 1st SNLF, 21st Division, 1ST Heavy Brigade, 16th Division, 48th Division?, 65th Brigade, 4th Tank Regiment, 7th Tank Regiment, 15th Mortar Battalion, 3rd Engineer Regiment, 21st Engineer Regiment, 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 8th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Division, 56th Brigade, 8th Tank Regiment, 1st Engineering Regiment, 17th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
Attacking force 120210 troops, 529 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 1190
Defending force 41898 troops, 62 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 904
Japanese max assault: 854 - adjusted assault: 369
Allied max defense: 703 - adjusted defense: 261
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Japanese ground losses:
2620 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 8
Allied ground losses:
1195 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 4
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A bloody repulse at Honan of another Animal assault - and the forts are not reduced!
Ground combat at Honan
Japanese Deliberate attack – 3rd Division, 40th Division, 6th Division, 13th Tank Regiment, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Mortar Battalion, Hankow SNLF, 3rd Construction Battalion, 110th Division, 36th Division, 41st Division, 26th Division
Attacking force 142096 troops, 596 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 2866
Defending force 68770 troops, 215 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1937
Japanese max assault: 2725 - adjusted assault: 1575
Allied max defense: 1956 - adjusted defense: 1605
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4)
Japanese ground losses:
4911 casualties reported
Guns lost 41
Vehicles lost 4
Allied ground losses:
2725 casualties reported
Guns lost 48
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Field Marshall Solli sends a division towards Nanchang, but it runs into a road block... despite outnumbering the Chinese 3 to 1, the defenders hold their groound:
Ground combat at 50,39
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 21318 troops, 101 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 480 – 22nd Division
Defending force 6044 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 189
Japanese max assault: 962 - adjusted assault: 279
Allied max defense: 188 - adjusted defense: 167
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
579 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 2
Allied ground losses:
139 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Yet another bombardment attack at Singapore:
Ground combat at Singapore
Japanese Bombardment attack – Ikaiei SNLF, Kainan Guard SNLF, 21st Mixed Brigade, 10th Mountain Gun Regiment, 33rd Division, 31st Division, 18th Division, Guards (2nd) Division, 1st Tank Regiment, 2nd Tank Regiment, 6th Tank Regiment, 14th Tank Regiment, 4th Engineer Regiment, 15th Engineer Regiment, 23rd Engineer Regiment, 3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Mountain Gun Regiment, 18th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 9th NLF, 11th NLF
Attacking force 4656 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1424
Defending force 70208 troops, 366 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 930
Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported
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The Chinese attack at Nanchang again and take down a fort:
Ground combat at Nanchang
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 134496 troops, 812 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3958
Defending force 43168 troops, 165 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 881 – 34th Division, 14th Ind Brigade, 11th Ind Brigade, 4th Mortar Battalion
Allied max assault: 160 - adjusted assault: 14
Japanese max defense: 756 - adjusted defense: 528
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese ground losses:
394 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Allied ground losses:
196 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Bruce’s attack into Burma is thrown back when the Chinese SEAsia troops counterattack:
Ground combat at Moulmein
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 26335 troops, 164 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 774
Defending force 9868 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 302 – 55th Division
Allied max assault: 1402 - adjusted assault: 1002
Japanese max defense: 255 - adjusted defense: 187
Allied assault odds: 5 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
312 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Allied ground losses:
446 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
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Bruce cleans up an abandoned base in northern Malaya:
Ground combat at Victoria Point
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1754 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 71 – 91st Naval Guard
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 51 - adjusted assault: 15
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Victoria Point base !!!

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:32 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/25/42 – ABRIDGED AND COMPRESSED
Today gets chalked up as a series of small victories for the Animal Sub fleet. Again, I am leaving out the less interesting stuff...
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Sub attack at 23,70
Japanese Ships
SS I-122
Allied Ships
AK Toendjoek, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage - This ship was already damaged and sank after this attack, taking her Captain with her.
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A second success!
Sub attack at 32,83 – 120 miles east of Wyndham
Japanese Ships
SS I-28
Allied Ships
AK Anshun, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Gemma
MSW Warnambool
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
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Our daily target practice:
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Kuantan
Ki-15 Babs x 1 – R2/50th Rec Chutai
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged
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Bruce keeps pounding Niceguy’s surrounded troops:
Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66
Japanese aircraft – from Batavia
Ki-21-II Sally x 24 – 12th Heavy Sentai
Ki-15 Babs x 3 – R2/51st Rec Chutai
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Apparently Bruce thinks my AA gunners need to practice even more:
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kuantan
Ki-15 Babs x 1 – R2/50th Rec Chutai
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged
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Artillery seems to be today’s theme for the Animals conducting sieges:
Ground combat at Honan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1884 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2534 – 3rd Division, 40th Division, 6th Division, 13th Tank Regiment, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Mortar Battalion, Hankow SNLF, 3rd Construction Battalion, 110th Division, 36th Division, 41st Division, 26th Division
Defending force 65302 troops, 147 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1815
Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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The 22nd Division was blocked last turn by a force less than 1/3 their size, so they decide to bombard while they get reinforcements:
Ground combat at 50,39
Japanese Bombardment attack – 22nd Division
Attacking force 20539 troops, 92 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 442
Defending force 5853 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 182
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
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Another siege, another bombardment:
Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 7764 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1065 – 4th Division, 25th Engineer Regiment, Sasebo 1st SNLF, 21st Division, 1ST Heavy Brigade, 16th Division, 48th Division, 65th Brigade, 4th Tank Regiment, 7th Tank Regiment, 15th Mortar Battalion, 3rd Engineer Regiment, 21st Engineer Regiment, 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 8th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Division, 56th Brigade, 8th Tank Regiment, 1st Engineering Regiment, 17th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
Defending force 40813 troops, 60 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 848
Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
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More artillery tubes take a lot of wear:
Ground combat at Singapore
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4676 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1477 – Ikaiei SNLF, Kainan Guard SNLF, 21st Mixed Brigade, 10th Mountain Gun Regiment, 33rd Division, 31st Division, 18th Division, Guards (2nd) Division, 1st Tank Regiment, 2nd Tank Regiment, 6th Tank Regiment, 14th Tank Regiment, 4th Engineer Regiment, 15th Engineer Regiment, 23rd Engineer Regiment, 3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Mountain Gun Regiment, 18th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 9th NLF, 11th NLF
Defending force 70209 troops, 379 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 940
Allied ground losses:
117 casualties reported
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A good time to own stock in an Animal artillery shell factory:
Ground combat at Soerabaja
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2332 troops, 85 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1229 – 6th Reserve Tank Regiment, 35th Brigade, Sasebo 3rd SNLF, Sasebo 8th SNLF, 38th Division, 28th Engineer Regiment, 5th Division, 56th Division, 5th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Mortar Battalion, 5th Mortar Battalion, 14th Mortar Battalion
Defending force 30348 troops, 90 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 301
Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
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The Chinese assault Nanchang!
Ground combat at Nanchang
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 129101 troops, 800 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3944
Defending force 42818 troops, 158 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 872 – 34th Division, 14th Independent Brigade, 11th Independent Brigade, 4th Mortar Battalion, 116th IJA Base Force
Allied max assault: 3499 - adjusted assault: 1787
Japanese max defense: 753 - adjusted defense: 676
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1
Japanese ground losses:
1294 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Allied ground losses:
1188 casualties reported
Guns lost 48

Alfred · Post by **Alfred** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:49 am

Well, now that Speedy v Fabertong has ended, I have arrived here.  I noticed that HR were referred to as being located in BOB, but where exactly in the 163 pages of that thread are they?  Or would it be possible to give a hint here of the more important ones.
 
BTW, what is Lt Miller doing nowadays?
 
Alfred

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:29 pm

The BOB thread is mainly a coordination tool - we spent many weeks discussing and voting on the house rules, and since then we've used it to coordinate the 3x3, which is many times more complicated than the usual 1 on 1 PBEM.

BOB has been particularly useful to straighten out REPLAY bugs (two of them now) - interestingly, we've been able to do this both times without having to resort to the POMPACK PATENTED PROCEDURE (which would be extremely taxing with 6 players). Both times the REPLAY/SYNC bug was resolved by Japan redownloading the turn, then rebooting and rerunning the turn.

As for Lt. Miller, i've been a bit stuck on him since he is on the REPULSE, and the REPULSE is not doing a whole lot these days... perhaps he needs to be transferred to a more active ship. [:D]

So far, my navies (and the Allied navies in general) have been mainly doing boring but necessary work: hauling supplies and troops, and there have been precious few naval battles.

i will recap THREADWAR this weekend i think - most of the action has been on land... although things are about to heat up considerably in the next few days. [8D]

EDIT: The houserules discussion started on page 1 - i think the final version is around page 16, but i'll check on this.

REEDIT: It is on page 12:
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rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:26 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/26/42 – ABRIDGED AND COMPRESSED
The sieges are dragging on - but things are about to heat up (I am a few game-days behind in making these posts. Once again, I’ll omit what I think are the less interesting parts:
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Atka is occupied!!
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ASW attack at 66,119 – 120 miles South of Noumea... Speedy and Mike Solli and betting whether or not this little sub will make it...
Japanese Ships
SS RO-65, hits 7, on fire
Allied Ships
DD Stuart
DD Le Triomphant
DD Voyager
DD Hughes
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Once again, the Lilys take it on the chin:
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kuantan
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-48-I Lily x 35 – 90th Light Sentai
Ki-15 Babs x 1 – R2/50th Rec Chutai
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 4 destroyed, 12 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 11000 feet
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Round 2 - 19 out of 25 Lilys are damaged or shot down.
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kota Bharu
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-48-I Lily x 25 – 27th Light Sentai
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 11000 feet
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Bruce decides to pick on tenderer prey - but finds there are AA guns at Medan as well:
Day Air attack on Medan , at 20,45
Japanese aircraft – from Kuantan
Ki-21-II Sally x 22 – 62nd Heavy Sentai
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 4 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Niceguy flies in B-17s and B-24s to the Southern Philippines, and pulls a surprise raid with good results:
Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 – overcast
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9 – 50th Fighter Sentai
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5
B-17E Fortress x 26
LB-30 Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 2 destroyed
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
9 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 11000 feet
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The IJN lends its aircraft in the siege of Soerabaja:
Day Air attack on 6th KNIL Regiment, at 23,66 – very cloudy
Japanese aircraft – from Kendari
G3M Nell x 22 – G1/1st Daitai
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Soerabaja is tetering - a deliberate assault by the Animals knocks down another fort level, and inflicts better than 2:1 casualties on the outnumbered Dutch:
Ground combat at Soerabaja
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 69708 troops, 307 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 1255 – 6th Reserve Tank Regiment, 35th Brigade, Sasebo 3rd SNLF, Sasebo 8th SNLF, 38th Division, 28th Engineer Regiment, 5th Division, 56th Division, 5th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Mortar Battalion, 5th Mortar Battalion, 14th Mortar Battalion
Defending force 31004 troops, 113 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 308
Japanese max assault: 1142 - adjusted assault: 767
Allied max defense: 274 - adjusted defense: 223
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Japanese ground losses:
671 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 2
Allied ground losses:
1548 casualties reported
Guns lost 29
Vehicles lost 3
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Things are somewhat better at Honan: supplies lines are still open, forts are being built, and more troops are coming... still, the defenders are facing the bulk of the Animal Army with about 8 crack divisions and a lot of armor, backed up by numerous aircraft:
Ground combat at Honan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1892 troops, 59 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2566 – 3rd Division, 40th Division, 6th Division, 13th Tank Regiment, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Mortar Battalion, Hankow SNLF, 3rd Construction Battalion, 110th Division, 36th Division, 41st Division, 26th Division
Defending force 65702 troops, 150 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1826
Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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East of Nanchang, Field Marshall Solli brings up most of another division to remove the Chinese road block that one division couldn’t shift:
Ground combat at 50,39
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 20570 troops, 93 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 761 – 22nd Division, 32nd/ B Division, 32nd/C Division
Defending force 5831 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 180
Japanese max assault: 439 - adjusted assault: 364
Allied max defense: 171 - adjusted defense: 28
Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
270 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Defeated Allied Units Retreating! – towards Ningpo
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The siege of Manila is reducing the city to dust:
Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 7756 troops, 178 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1144 – 4th Division, 25th Engineer Regiment, Sasebo 1st SNLF, 21st Division, 1ST Heavy Brigade, 16th Division, 48th Division, 65th Brigade, 4th Tank Regiment, 7th Tank Regiment, 15th Mortar Battalion, 3rd Engineer Regiment, 21st Engineer Regiment, 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 8th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Division, 56th Brigade, 8th Tank Regiment, 1st Engineering Regiment, 17th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
Defending force 40865 troops, 60 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 860
Allied ground losses:
157 casualties reported
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Singapore is fairing better - the troops still have supplies and forts:
Ground combat at Singapore
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4660 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1513 – Ikaiei SNLF, Kainan Guard SNLF, 21st Mixed Brigade, 10th Mountain Gun Regiment, 33rd Division, 31st Division, 18th Division, Guards (2nd) Division, 1st Tank Regiment, 2nd Tank Regiment, 6th Tank Regiment, 14th Tank Regiment, 4th Engineer Regiment, 15th Engineer Regiment, 23rd Engineer Regiment, 3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Mountain Gun Regiment, 18th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 9th NLF, 11th NLF
Defending force 70130 troops, 382 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 943
Allied ground losses:
142 casualties reported
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Another empty DEI base falls:
Ground combat at Pamakasan
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 590 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 – 28th NLF
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 9 - adjusted assault: 11
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Pamakasan base !!!
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The Chinese attack for the second day in a row, and Nanchang is liberated!!!
Ground combat at Nanchang
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 126474 troops, 735 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3794
Defending force 40444 troops, 137 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 829 – 34th Division, 14th Independent Brigade, 11th Independent Brigade, 4th Mortar Battalion, 116th IJA Base Force and 13th Army HQ
Allied max assault: 3357 - adjusted assault: 2765
Japanese max defense: 701 - adjusted defense: 457
Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1)
Allied forces CAPTURE Nanchang base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
1534 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Allied ground losses:
1317 casualties reported
Guns lost 40
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! – to Kuikiang

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Just west of Ichang, the Chinese feel out the opposition in front of them:
Ground combat at 48,34
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 46102 troops, 215 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1450
Defending force 616 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 – 2nd Mountain Gun Regiment
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Gasmata – Some of Niceguy’s cutoff troops marched back into Gasmata, and were immediately surrounded... these are all support troops with no combat strength...

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Here is the 26 Feb intel screen - things are going to change drastically in the next few days...[X(] [X(]

rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:34 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/27/42 – ABRIDGED AND COMPRESSED
A really unhappy day for the Allied cause... as before, I’ve left out much of the uninteresting stuff:

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We start with the S-37 being attacked:
ASW attack at 32,73 – 120 miles SW of Kendari
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 3
PG Kyo Maru #8
PG Kogyoku Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-37, hits 1
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Next, an AA battalion at Soerabaja is attacked by Animal “heavies”:
Day Air attack on A-I-Ld AA Battalion, at 23,66 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Batavia
G3M Nell x 12 – G1/Genzan Daitai
Ki-21-II Sally x 15 – 12th Heavy Sentai
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 11000 feet
12 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Back in Manila, the Animals hit another AA outfit, but this one has long been out of ammo:
Day Air attack on 200th US Coast AA Regiment, at 43,52 – overcast
Japanese aircraft – from Clark Field
C5M Babs x 1 – R4/Tainan Chutai
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 30
Ki-48-I Lily x 40 – 8th Light Sentai, 16th Light Sentai, 74th Rec Chutai
Ki-49 Helen x 9 – 14th Heavy Sentai
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
40 x Ki-48-I Lily bombing at 8000 feet
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 8000 feet
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DISASTER!! Dutch resistance at Soerabaja crumbles - this frees up about 4 divisions of Animal troops, less some that will stay behind for garrison duties. The only bright spot here is that our spies report that about 1/3 of the Resources and over ½ the oil facilities were damaged, with some damage to the repair shipyard as well:
Ground combat at Soerabaja
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 69392 troops, 291 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 1247 – 6th Reserve Tank Regiment, 35th Brigade, Sasebo 3rd SNLF, Sasebo 8th SNLF, 38th Division, 28th Engineer Regiment, 5th Division, 56th Division, 5th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Mortar Battalion, 5th Mortar Battalion, 14th Mortar Battalion
Defending force 29467 troops, 92 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 277
Japanese max assault: 1132 - adjusted assault: 877
Allied max defense: 243 - adjusted defense: 195
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Soerabaja base !!!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
F.K.51: 1 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
438 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
44838 casualties reported – the surrenders include elements of ABDA HQ, 1st KNIL Regiment, 2nd KNIL Regiment, Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion, A-I-LD AA Battalion, A-III-LD AA Battalion, Mobile Eenheid (all tanks gone, all combat troops disabled), 4th KNIL Regiment, Tjilatjap Garrison Battalion, 6th Coastal Gun Battalion, MLD Marine Battalion, Barisan Regiment, 6th KNIL Regiment, Prajoda Garrison Battalion, 2nd NEIAF Base Force, 1st Dutch Naval Base Force, 2nd Dutch Naval Base Force, 3rd Dutch Naval Base Force, 4th Dutch Naval Base Force, 12th /1 NEIAF Base Force, 18th NEIAF Base Force, 19th NEIAF Base Force, 20th NEIAF Base Force, 21st NEIAF Base Force, 1st/3 NEIAF Base Force, 16th/ 9 NEIAF Base Force, 9th/ 2 NEIAF Base Force
Guns lost 126
Vehicles lost 2
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DOUBLE DISASTER!!! After prolonged resistance without supplies and without hope, resistance finally disintegrates at Manila when the Animals shock attack. This frees up about 8 division equivalents worth of troops for the animals... the situation is mitagated somewhat by the continued resistance of Niceguy’s forces in the Southern Philippines which still must be dealt with:
Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 120766 troops, 539 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 1217 – 4th Division, 25th Engineer Regiment, Sasebo 1st SNLF, 21st Division, 1ST Heavy Brigade, 16th Division, 48th Division, 65th Brigade, 4th Tank Regiment, 7th Tank Regiment, 15th Mortar Battalion, 3rd Engineer Regiment, 21st Engineer Regiment, 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 8th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Division, 56th Brigade, 8th Tank Regiment, 1st Engineering Regiment, 17th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
Defending force 40859 troops, 58 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 870
Japanese max assault: 2164 - adjusted assault: 752
Allied max defense: 717 - adjusted defense: 285
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Manila base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
4543 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 11
Allied ground losses:
86721 casualties reported – surrenders include elements of USAFFE (General Van Fleet commanding officer), Asiatic Fleet, 118th USN Base Foce, 20th USAAF Base Force, 109th USAAF Base Force, 4th USAAF Base Force, 11th Reserve Division, 21st Reserve Division, 31st Reserve Division, 71st Reserve Division, 26th PS Cavalry Regiment, 1st Philippine Division, 91st Reserve Division, 88th US Field Artillery Regiment, 192nd US Tank Battalion, 194th US Tank Battalion, 31st US Regimental Combat Team, 45th PS Regimental Combat Team, 57th PS Regimental Combat Team, 14th PS Enigneer Regiment, 301st Prov. Engineer Battalion, 803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion,, 200th US Coast AA Regiment, Corregidor M Fort, 41st Reserve Division, 51st Reserve Division, Provisional Field Artillery Group, 81st Reserve Division, 8th PAF Base Force, 4th Marine Regiment/3
Guns lost 58
Vehicles lost 116
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The siege of Honan grinds on...
Ground combat at Honan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1900 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2603 – 3rd Division, 40th Division, 6th Division, 13th Tank Regiment, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Mortar Battalion, Hankow SNLF, 3rd Construction Battalion, 110th Division, 36th Division, 41st Division, 26th Division
Defending force 65885 troops, 158 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1831
Allied ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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...And so does the siege of Singapore:
Ground combat at Singapore
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4656 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1558 – Ikaiei SNLF, Kainan Guard SNLF, 21st Mixed Brigade, 10th Mountain Gun Regiment, 33rd Division, 31st Division, 18th Division, Guards (2nd) Division, 1st Tank Regiment, 2nd Tank Regiment, 6th Tank Regiment, 14th Tank Regiment, 4th Engineer Regiment, 15th Engineer Regiment, 23rd Engineer Regiment, 3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Mountain Gun Regiment, 18th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, 9th NLF, 11th NLF
Defending force 70136 troops, 386 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 945
Allied ground losses:
218 casualties reported
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FIeld Marshall Solli had some squirrels lay in the middle of the road to form a speed bump - it is duly removed. I am not sure why he chose to use artillery troops to be a blocking force. At any rate, I don’t think I have sufficient forces there to move on Hankow, although I am working on it:
Ground combat at 48,34
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 45900 troops, 215 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1442
Defending force 596 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 – 2nd Mountain Gun Regiment
Allied max assault: 1124 - adjusted assault: 367
Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 367 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

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rtrapasso · Post by **rtrapasso** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:59 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/28/42 – COMPRESSED AND ABRIDGED
The day after the fall of Manila and Soerabaja... now that two major distractions are out of the way, can Singapore be far behind? Where will the next blows fall? I am betting on Southern PI, New Caledonia/New Hebrides and Burma, but the Animals have many options... once again, today’s report shows only the more interesting parts, and I am leaving out the unsuccessful sub attacks, unsuccessful ASW attacks and the more or less routine bombings of various units... all in all, today was pretty uneventful.

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Take THAT, Mr. Yamashiro!!
Sub attack at 23,61 – approximately 240 miles east of Batavia
Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, Torpedo hits 1
DD Kari
DD Harusame
Allied Ships
SS Truant a desultory depth charge attack did little more than rattle the sub...
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An assault at Honan knocks down another fort level...
Ground combat at Honan
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 137873 troops, 563 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 2638 – 3rd Division, 40th Division, 6th Division, 13th Tank Regiment, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Mortar Battalion, Hankow SNLF, 3rd Construction Battalion, 110th Division, 36th Division, 41st Division, 26th Division
Defending force 74401 troops, 210 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2097
Japanese max assault: 2538 - adjusted assault: 1346
Allied max defense: 2023 - adjusted defense: 940
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Japanese ground losses:
2049 casualties reported
Guns lost 36
Allied ground losses:
1999 casualties reported
Guns lost 48
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There was also the usual bombardment attack at Singapore...

And below is the Intel Screen for 28 Feb 1942, showing the radical score shift with an almost 2000 point differential for destruction of the Philippine and Dutch Armies... this alone gives some weight to the “Sir Robin” Defense... btw, in my recent readings, I found that there was some historical “Sir Robin”-ism... apparently, the entire US Asiatic fleet was leaving Philippine waters by the evening of the first day of the war (shooting a hole in our house rule that it was “ahistorical” to form TFs the first day of the war... also, most of the merchant fleet was hot on the heals of the warships in getting out of dodge on day one:

USSAmerica · Post by **USSAmerica** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:45 am

Trust me, Bob.  If you saw the scale when I got on it this morning, you would have proof that weight is being given to the Sir Robin Fanboy....er, Defense.  [:D]

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